The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-11-20

very morcenary beauty who married the Duke
OF Richmond. put up with $3.50 annually for
hcr pre.nuptial completeness to Charlesl.
The pretty Buckley had $4,000 year. A crowd
OF lesser concubines only received sums OF
$3.50 each"
Among tho shocking things revealed by
Minister Barillon's account books, preserved
in the archives OF the French Foreign Onlce,
arc the prices at which English patriots sold
themselves, and men, to this day reputed
austere Purtans, betrayed their principles.
Hero Is the proof for instance. In black ana
white, that Algernon Sidney. still In English
eyes surrounded with the nimbus OF martyr
received $4,000 for each Parliamentary ses-
sion from tho King OF France. So too, Little
ton. than whom scarcely any man OF his time
had more credit in the House Of Commons for
steadfast patriotism and stainless virtue, re-
ceived q bride directly from the hands OF
Barillon. 1t is painful to learn that Hampton
the son OF him who so unfinchingly stood out
against Charles l., sold himself to Louis XIV.
for $1,000. Neither must 1t be imagined that
Macaulay's hero, william Ill. then Prince OF
Orange, was whit behind tho French mon
arch in Willingness to play the vile game OF
bribing at Whitehall and Westminster. He
had less money to bride with-that was all.
Besides casting o copious and searching
light on the part OF Louise do heroualle In the
game whose stakes were the lasting aGRrah-
dizement OF France and the conversion OF
England into humble satellite OF the French
luminary. the State papers ransacked by Nj.
Forneron contain incidental illusions to many
persons, then obscure and moderated, but who
wero destined to play conspicuous and de-
cisive roles upon the stage of history. We hear
something, for example. about young men
who in after times were to be known as the
Prince Eugene and the Duke OF Marlborough,
and 1t Is n memorable fact that both OF
these great captains. had their own wishes
been needed. might have been arrayed among
the servants instead Of the deadly enemies OF
Louis XIV. We scarcely need remind the
reader that the Chevnier de scissors was by
birth French subject, the son of the Comte
de scissors by Olympia, one of the five beauti-
full nieces OF Cardinal MaHarln. FROM MS poS-
hood he was eager to enter the french army
but being lame' ana In mlen ana Igure lar
from approaching the Ideal OF q lihe soidier' ne
was condemned by his mother 10 the ohurch'
and forced to take orders. But the vocation
from which France had uniucKliy dcoarreu
him he continued TO 1oiioW IN foreign
countries, and after no acquired re-
markable distinction IN war against INC
Turks. Louis NV endcaVoreu' out 'aihty'
TO recall him. we como upon the ioiio"iis
reference to the as yet unsuspocteu stru'e-is'
in letter written from England ny tiie frohch
In 1854: Inc Che'aiier ue oois-
sons came to London ana lell IN love WIN HIS
aunt lHortense Mancini' Duchess ha%arin'
who at the time was wing Win Louise oe
kerouale Tor the favor OF Charles L.. Dhroh
do Baner, son OF one OF tho benerals OF Gus
tavus Adolphus. was also captivatcd by her.
They had both attracted attention by their
hcctoring airs and the great length OF their
swords, which dragged on the pavement us
they STROBE along. Ihey gre" jealous vi e"en
other and fought d,el IN when baner was
killed. The combat as we learn from Nine. dc
SeviGne. amused the court OF versailles whose
lords and ladies wondered at the eyes OF
grandmother las the Duchess Mazarln ALREADY
wnsl doing so much execution.
1t is we'll known that Jack Churchill. a scion
Of an old but poverty-stricken country family
in Devonshire, began his career in London
without penny, and was for many years fed.
clothed. and supplied with pocket money by
the most deprayed and truculcnt of the mis-
tresses of Charles H., Barbara Palmer after
ward Duchess of Cleveland 1t was through
her that he obtained his captaincy. and it was
with the shame of his sister, Arabella
Churchill debauched by the Duke of York,
that he bought the two next steps in his pro-
motion. But to whatever vile services he
owed his commission, it was already plain by
1916 that he knew how to make good use Of
them flor he had been publicly commended by
Turennel 1t is, therefore, hard to under
stand how the French Ambassador Cour-
tin. then resident in London, should have
20 utterly failed to appreciate his military
capabilities. That a gross blunder was COM
mitted and a priceless opportunity miss ed will
be- clear from tho following interesting passage
in the book of NJ. Forneron, in which is con-
lensed tho substance of some correspondence
exchanged between Whitehall and Versailles
IN reference to Churchill at tho date men
Toned: TN Churchill" SAYS NJ. Forneron,
.Courtin and Louvois did not discern more
han selfish, cool-headed libertine. Churchill
asked n regiment of Louis XIV. If he had
been accented, perhaps he would have de-
welcomed, like his nephew, Berwick [thc illegiti-
mate son of james III. by Arabella Churchill,
nto an iIlustrious French General and then
he reign of the great King might not have had
, sombre ending. But at the time when n
about Churchill's request was
,pened, Louyois nlready knew him. and also
much about him that was not to his
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